Stories of My Life in Curriculum
Abstract
Based on the archives I am developing for the GSU Library, I have been reflecting on some forty years in education, and am writing some memoir-like stories. So, I could do a session on them. They emerging in three sets: (1) stories of my life in education from rural (even one-room) schools in Indiana, to suburban elementary school teaching in the Chicago area, to being a professor at UIC, and retiring to GSU; (2) stories of ridiculous decision making in the absurd worlds of educational policy and practice counter-balanced with stories of meaning and hope; (3) stories of noted characters and events in curriculum history that I have experienced or witnessed. I would be glad to do one or more of these. This could easily take a whole session.
Presentation Description
I will share with the audience the following: (1) stories of my life in education from rural (even one-room) schools in Indiana, to suburban elementary school teaching in the Chicago area, to being a professor at UIC, and retiring to GSU; (2) stories of ridiculous decision making in the absurd worlds of educational policy and practice counter-balanced with stories of meaning and hope; and (3) stories of noted characters and events in curriculum history that I have experienced or witnessed.
Keywords
memoir, life stories, curriculum history
Location
Magnolia Room C
Publication Type and Release Option
Presentation (Open Access)
Recommended Citation
Schubert, William H., "Stories of My Life in Curriculum" (2015). Curriculum Studies Summer Collaborative. 26.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/cssc/2015/2015/26
Stories of My Life in Curriculum
Magnolia Room C
Based on the archives I am developing for the GSU Library, I have been reflecting on some forty years in education, and am writing some memoir-like stories. So, I could do a session on them. They emerging in three sets: (1) stories of my life in education from rural (even one-room) schools in Indiana, to suburban elementary school teaching in the Chicago area, to being a professor at UIC, and retiring to GSU; (2) stories of ridiculous decision making in the absurd worlds of educational policy and practice counter-balanced with stories of meaning and hope; (3) stories of noted characters and events in curriculum history that I have experienced or witnessed. I would be glad to do one or more of these. This could easily take a whole session.
